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Maringic languages

The Maringic languages is a small group of Sino-Tibetan languages consisting of Maring and Uipo, two closely related languages spoken by the Maring and Khoibu people in Manipur, India. Linguistically, they may be closest to the Tangkhulic languages.

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Maringic
Geographic
distribution		Manipur, India
Linguistic classificationSino-Tibetan
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Glottologmari1415
ELPMaring Naga
A Khoibu speaker recorded in India.

The Maringic languages is a small group of Sino-Tibetan languages consisting of Maring and Uipo (exonym: Khoibu), two closely related languages spoken by the Maring and Khoibu people in Manipur, India. Linguistically, they may be closest to the Tangkhulic languages.1

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References

  1. Schumann, Freya (2024). Situating Uipo: evidence from stem alternations. SEALS 33 (33rd Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistic Society). Taipei.